Lightbox for expose PCB

Ever want to make a uv lightbox to expose your PCB?
I gone explain how you make a handy and professional lightbox for less money.

Important!
UV light is bad for your health, avoid long exposure to UV light
UV-A lamps are best to use for your light box.
UV-B are the most harmful to your health, do not use these lamps.
UV-C: This lamps are too weak to expose your boards.

Step 1 Materialen / Materials

Parts

- Two face tanner, total 8 UVA lamps (4 UVA lamps is more than enough, but if you want to illuminate printboard faster or larger 8 lamps much better )
- 15mm MDF
- digital Timer (with countdown function)
- swith on/off
- Glass ( glass from a picture frame) 40x30 cm
- + 5mm foam 56x32 cm
- Aluminum foil or mirror 30x30 cm
- Two-drawer slides
- piano hinge 40 cm
- Screws 3.5x35
- Wood Glue
- close contact glue
- plug
- electric wire
- 4 rubber legs

Comments

[yussalfianyusof]

Dear David,

May I know what's the technical specific of UAV lamp that you're using in your DIY.. and if not mind where did you get the UAV lamp...

thx and appreciated your reply

[Phil B]

I appreciate this. Giving the text in both languages is helpful. I do not think the translation program got "expose your boards" right. In the Dutch text where 'boards' appears in the English translation, the original word is usually belichten, which I understand to be illuminate. It is the same in German as Dutch. But, boards are slabs of flat wood.

[DavidRoman]

thanks for you comment. I'll will change it

[wilnix]

I think the right word is expose (belichten) instead of illuminate (verlichten). I think a Instructable shout be in English be course this is an English site. However I speak Dutch there are many language I don't understand. So keep the site only in English please.

[Phil B]

David, I am not sure what English word to suggest because I was not certain of the meaning of the Dutch word "mee." Perhaps it is the same as the English word "me." Do not worry about your English. I have visited Germany and tried to communicate in German. Speaking (or writing) in another language is difficult.

[DavidRoman]

I come from the Netherlands, I think it is important that people from the Netherlands also understand my instruction.

[Phil B]

I just looked at this again. I think you changed the title. Now the reference to 'board' makes sense.